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Bill Haas and Dustin Johnson tee it up at the PGA Tour Championship

By ERIC BOYNTONeric.boynton@shj.com

PGA TOURTOUR CHAMPIONSHIPWhen: Thursday-SundayWhere: East Lake (Atlanta)Who: Top 30 in FedEx Cup pointsPurse: $8 million ($1.44 million winner’s share)2012 winner: Brandt SnedekerTV: 1-6 p.m., Thursday-Friday, 10-noon, Saturday, 12-1 p.m., Sunday on Golf Channel; 12-3:30 p.m., Saturday, 1-6 p.m., Sunday on NBCLocal look: The final 30 converge in Atlanta with the $10 million FedEx Cup champion’s bonus awaiting the winner of the year-long chase. Should any of the current top five win this weekend (Tiger Woods, Henrik Stenson, Adam Scott, Zach Johnson and Matt Kuchar), they would automatically win the FedEx Cup. The lone two players with South Carolina ties are Greenville resident Bill Haas (No. 18) and Dutch Fork/Coastal Carolina product Dustin Johnson (No. 30). Haas, the 2011 Tour Championship winner and FedEx Cup champion, has ties for 25th and 28th and one missed cut in the previous three playoff events. Johnson has ties for 27th and 62nd and one missed cut so far in the playoffs. Both would have to win this week and then receive an enormous amount of help with some poor performances from the points leaders to have a shot at winning the Cup.Note: The Web.com Tour Championship, the last of the four-event finals, tees off Sept. 26 at Dye’s Valley Course in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.